Yes, and yes (I think). The sphere (according to Joan) was clad in Stainless Steel ... and appeared to be about the size of a baseball. >>> Bruce Pickett 10/18/95 10:50 >>> I'd like to pose a couple of questions: 1) Did DOE really allow a reporter to handle a "ten pound sphere of plutonium"? 2) Isn't a "ten pound sphere of plutonium" pretty much a critical mass in a critical geometry?